Syrian Hell Cannon Mortar with Explosive Rounds, Part 1

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4 жыл бұрын

Our friends at Weapon Genetics made a replica of the "Hell Cannon" improvised mortars out of the Syrian conflict and we fabricated explosive ammunition for it. Much to our surprise, the rounds became dual purpose explosive and incendiary and lit the range on fire.
Obviously don't do this at home, as it will most likely result in your riding out the Coronavirus pandemic in a federal jail cell.
If watching this video somehow leads to you thinking that we're pandering to your political, racial, religious, or other ideology; you've spectacularly missed the point. This video is nothing more than a bunch of eccentrics down in Texas (what, you think people in Iowa do stuff like this?), amusing themselves with an unusual hobby of building explosive ordnance for entertainment purposes.
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@pkxpanz3r241 3 жыл бұрын

wish i knew what i clicked on before i had. Hello ATF, FBI, Homeland Watchlist! Nice to meet you! i was just curious i promise!!!! lmao

@ajhubbell3754 3 жыл бұрын

If you’re a white Christian, veteran or just patriot then you are already on the watchlist. Welcome.

@floridafarmer1344 3 жыл бұрын

Blame the “autoplay”

@chesterpanda 3 жыл бұрын

@@ajhubbell3754 Truth

@jpeg.600x2 3 жыл бұрын

@@ajhubbell3754 This. Has never been more relevant as it is rn.

@bobohunter1776 3 жыл бұрын

You weren't already?

@hughculliton3174 2 жыл бұрын

"There's no threat we can't replicate!" Absolutely terrifying motto - well done!

@houseofpain3580 Жыл бұрын

The music gets me goin.

@TheSubpremeState 10 ай бұрын

I thought of nukes instantly.

@tom4208 9 ай бұрын

@@TheSubpremeState literally the only thing preventing him from doing that is lack of knowledge and mostly resources like uranium, but nothing stops you from getting the proper security clearances and liscenses to access stuff like that.

@barahng 7 ай бұрын

@@tom4208 In theory lets say you could get your hands on a few kilos of weapons grade plutonium or some HER. The engineering and machining that goes into even the simplest of "gun type" nuclear devices is still pretty extensive. Getting the fissile materials was the easy part for the Manhattan Project, turning them into a functional bomb took the combined brains, resources, and infrastructure of the US government in the 40s. And even then they still had pretty terrible yields for the amount of fissile material used, a good percentage of it never reacted.

@ryans3074 7 ай бұрын

It's all about the hollow core with the Li deuteride and reflectors

@USMCArchAngel03 2 жыл бұрын

I was mortar section leader in the USMC infantry. You should really think about making a round baseplate for that thing with a little socket joint in the middle to seat the end of pipe and then it won't fall over and you'll be able to control the round. That mortar could have fallen over right before the round fired. Even with a baseplate an incorrectly set mortar will fall over. I've seen it with my own eyes. Be safe please.

@ID-8491 10 ай бұрын

Great comment.

@furmanmackey5479 10 күн бұрын

As a Tanker (Army version) way back in the early 1980s and assigned to the only "Combat Armored Cavalry Troop" assigned to and attached to the 194th Armored Brigade (Separate) then stationed at Ft. Knox, KY somebody (wisely I think) decided that regardless of MOS we had to cross train on other weapon systems. I was picked to CT with our "Mortar Maggot" section. Over time I discovered that everything you mentioned in your comment is/was on point. After a bit of training, I became very comfortable with the 4.2 mortar....Right up until we blew the hell out of a chicken house on a farm bordering Camp Shelby, Mississippi. Our Section Sergeant had been ordered, by the Butter Bar in charge, to use half a cheese charge too many which resulted in a bunch of dead chickens and a pissed off farmer.

@siggyretburns7523 2 жыл бұрын

One of my friends was into buying antique nautical stuff. He had a few cannons. One of which he took out to Glamis. Coors beer cans fit perfectly in this cannon. So he melted a few other cans and poured them into the coors can and topped it with an eye bolt. He then tied about a 100' nylon rope to the eye bolt and achored it to a motorcycle trailer away from everything. He put about an ounce of black powder in the cannon and lit the fuze. The next thing we knew there was just a piece of rope tied to the trailer. The projectile was gone. There was some campers about 3 or 4 miles away in the direction he aimed it. A few minutes later some smoke started coming up from them. He was all worried he hit one. But it turned out they were just as stupid and set one of their own campers on fire. He never found the projectile.

@heirofaniu 2 жыл бұрын

"He was all worried he hit one. But it turned out they were just as stupid and set one of their own campers on fire. He never found the projectile." Is the absolute perfect ending to that story.

@siggyretburns7523 2 жыл бұрын

@@heirofaniu Wasnt it though? Lol I coulda told him that skinny little piece of rope wasnt gonna have any say in the matter. But I think he just wanted a big "Go Boom" so much, I couldnt spoil it for him.

@heirofaniu 2 жыл бұрын

@@siggyretburns7523 That right there is the difference between just being a friend and being a good friend, just let the man have his fun.

@antonelebouf4384 2 жыл бұрын

I would've been shitting solid gold bricks 😬😂

@Est-lj4tq Жыл бұрын

hahaha mooi werk

@robertgrant8883 4 жыл бұрын

I love the automatic camo-effect of the launcher.. folds down right after launch to make it invisible... great concept!!

@GundamReviver 4 жыл бұрын

Hadn't even concidered that, I thought it was crappy construction but as an ambush weapon that does have its merits.

@MaxwellAerialPhotography 3 жыл бұрын

Reminds me of the disappearing guns of the late 19th century.

@dismalgravesite7763 2 жыл бұрын

good save!

@djaydeved 2 жыл бұрын

@@MaxwellAerialPhotography reminds me of cast trunion i.o's gonna be dissapearing and takin ye hands with it!

@b40pll 2 жыл бұрын

lSIS: We will watch his career with great interest!

@getmeoutofsanfrancisco9917 4 жыл бұрын

I guarantee you there are some Syrian fighters watching this like: "Yes".

@Token_Black_Guy 4 жыл бұрын

*rubs hands and starts plotting*

@BartzabelAlgol 3 жыл бұрын

Yup!, only now they all live here in the U.S., probably in Minnesota. Thanks Obama........

@boosted_spirit 3 жыл бұрын

@@BartzabelAlgol you idiots are never going to stop blaming him for stuff huh?

@gamingtime2104 3 жыл бұрын

@@boosted_spirit nope

@michaeljohnsonbaugh7962 3 жыл бұрын

@@boosted_spirit Imagine commuting 1,927 federal prisoners, more than any US President in the history of our nation. 330 of them as he is literally walking out the office. Imagine spending 8 years in office and the only achievement you have to show for is gay "marriage" and a failed health plan. Imagine being the first black President and doing absolutely nothing for your communities, which are in crisis. But yes, he was a great President, smh

@thelovertunisia 2 жыл бұрын

hhh greeetings from Tunisia. This hell canon shows the human power of improvisation when all high tech breaks down. Do you folks realise that what happened in Syria and down here in Lybia was the closest we came to a Mad Max style world!

@yoshi0k262 2 жыл бұрын

it originates from ireland

@thenoblepoptart 2 жыл бұрын

Yep, that’s what happens when you refuse to join the USA’s protection racket or don’t back your currency in USD, or buy/sell oil using anything other than USD. Every oil owning country that has tried this has been destroyed by US intervention, look it up.

@wasser5686 2 жыл бұрын

@@thenoblepoptart yep . also iraq and syria have the best terrain for air superiority. many flat deserts where bombs can easily hit. unlike afghanistan which is build like a fortress. ( also one of the may reasons why US failed there)

@thenoblepoptart 2 жыл бұрын

@@JitBlick it’s not an issue for me cuz I live in Texas, but if I was Libyan or Iraqi I would be on some suicide bomber shit lol

@charlesnorthwest459 2 жыл бұрын

@@thenoblepoptart I think it has less to do with oil and more to do with Israel

@AnArChRiStxseditio 2 жыл бұрын

Dad used to use ANFO and gelignite to get rid of boulders and stumps when doing farm fencing. Filled the base of a tree stump, because it was not hollow it took off like a rocket and demolished an old shed when it landed

@mrace1180 3 жыл бұрын

Well. If you weren't on the CIA watchlist before. Welcome.

@Seapears 3 жыл бұрын

I'm lucky not american

@mrace1180 3 жыл бұрын

@ZoG Rot You think they care? #Snowden

@mrace1180 3 жыл бұрын

@@Seapears You think they care? #Snowden

@mrace1180 3 жыл бұрын

@ZoG Rot Do you mean assassinated?

@southernwulf3335 3 жыл бұрын

@@Seapears why? Yall get to have no fun

@atlastobin7837 3 жыл бұрын

Roses are red, violets are blue, I’m on a watchlist. And so are you.

@jpeg.600x2 3 жыл бұрын

based

@jackkelley5681 3 жыл бұрын

Nice

@november6000 3 жыл бұрын

Make them busy.

@yourmommassecretboyfriend1273 3 жыл бұрын

Let them come

@zeusskateboarding9161 3 жыл бұрын

Repeal the nsa

@Bergendal_2003 Жыл бұрын

I'm Syrian, and I appreciate you covering a little bit of my country's modern history ^w^

@Vikto7. Жыл бұрын

what a wonderful history :)

@sepitbeats 11 ай бұрын

u in turkey?

@Bergendal_2003 11 ай бұрын

@@sepitbeats No

@ulubatlhasan3532 11 ай бұрын

@@sepitbeatsgarip. Türkiyede yaşamayan bir Suriyeli 🤔

@sepitbeats 11 ай бұрын

@@ulubatlhasan3532 bayram için gitmiştir ondan şu an yok

@tiberiu_nicolae 2 жыл бұрын

So I was planning on leading a revolution in a middle eastern country but this looks too hard to make so I'll just concentrate on my grades

@CowboybubPercussion 3 жыл бұрын

“This is legally a black powder cannon by itself” *me with a shit eating grin on my face*

@BoredAmerican 3 жыл бұрын

For legal reasons I’m not doing anything illegal

@johnhansen6009 3 жыл бұрын

Shit eating grin on my face lmao

@nativemanateeroughskins774 3 жыл бұрын

😄

@biggreenangryman1904 3 жыл бұрын

I loved the part where you said “were not here to talk about politics...” it made me smile because i think i know why you did

@calebethridge2404 2 жыл бұрын

*fbi, Cia and atf kick on your door* 🤣🤣

@rdsmith334 4 жыл бұрын

Your ATF agent probably catches a lot of crap from the other agents.

@rre9121 4 жыл бұрын

Also probably one of the busier ones.

@unfortunately_fortunate2000 3 жыл бұрын

definitely, in-between going outside the bounds of their job & secretly writing up the laws that they then later enforce, while claiming "hey buddy, we don't make the law(s) we just enforce it!" to the poor unlucky bastards that they end up raiding/molesting their privacy to look at their entire cache... or, if you're unlucky enough to have posted a beginners guide to prepping, you're more than certainly going to want to begin anticipating as-well as planning for a "surprise check up" from your local gestapo branch!

@turdbglr 3 жыл бұрын

ATF can suck it!

@jqmachgunner2577 3 жыл бұрын

As long as you have the correct licenses, correct license category and comply with all bureaucratic record keeping, the ATF cannot do anything but smile that you have jumped through all of their hoops. As long as these guys demonstrate their intent to do business, the ATF can't really harass them because they don't want to lose their jobs. Of course, if the ATF, just like the FBI fabricated fake criminal crap on Flynn, wants to make a criminal conspiracy on some no-bodies (not related to Trump), they can at the risk of ending up as somebody's girlfriend in a Federal prison.

@shanerathburn9734 3 жыл бұрын

@@No1Son-7 lol

@vamsterr Жыл бұрын

what a terrifyingly simply weapon.. That's crazy how far it chucked that shell for just a little bit of black powder in the bottom of a thick wall pipe well done on this build, very interesting seeing such a crude yet effective weapon

@Jagdtyger2A 2 жыл бұрын

You can get a pretty good estimate of the mortar range by extrapolating the Civil war data for the 12 pdr,20 pdr and 30 pdr Parrott rifles. Wind resistance from the higher angle of attack will reduce the range but not by much and test firing will allow adjusting the firing tables

@cannoneer155mm 4 жыл бұрын

For future reference you can also use expended dry chemical fire extinguishers for your projoes. That will give you a thicker shell, You might also want to use some friction tape around the base of the "warhead" ti act as a gas seal, just be sure it still slides smoothly down the "cannon tube" and be sure to use some lubricant on the tape, like vaseline or axle grease. The round will go further and higher. Just a suggestion from an Old Ordnance Warrant Officer.

@44R0Ndin 3 жыл бұрын

Pretty sure the idea here wasn't to replicate the ballistic characteristics of the improvised mortar rounds, instead the focus is more on the terminal effects of the warhead. If they were looking to simulate the ballistics it might be possible to do it much easier (and much more consistently than the real thing) with a pneumatic cannon.

@humbleguardsman5578 2 жыл бұрын

Sir do you come from a certain syrian province?

@eageraurora879 2 жыл бұрын

Name checks out

@MattH-wg7ou 2 жыл бұрын

For anyone curious, that gas seal he refers to is called an "obturator" or "obturation". Word of the day.

@talesdemidioful 2 жыл бұрын

@@humbleguardsman5578 this guy has a favorite brand of grease to spread on mortars, just let that sink

@PolumbiusTheThird 3 жыл бұрын

Ur almost filling the void that was left in my heart by fps russia. keep it up.

@sebby324 2 жыл бұрын

He got arrested

@ForeignSpazm 2 жыл бұрын

Sebby 324 framed by liquid richard

@worlore1651 2 жыл бұрын

@Azazel he had a podcast and has been doing it for a few years

@skrimper 2 жыл бұрын

@@worlore1651 no, that's FPS Kyle, FPS Russia was a character for videos. Its not even close to being the same sort of content/vibe

@worlore1651 2 жыл бұрын

@@skrimper who?

@usertttt7483 Жыл бұрын

man if I wasn’t on a watch list I sure am now. Damnit I couldn’t resist watching this I’m so fascinated haha 😂

@krushnaji4940 Жыл бұрын

So I am on watch least for year 😅😅

@jimf1964 2 жыл бұрын

When we were kids, we would take a piece of pipe, cap or crimped at one end, drop a firecracker down it, and put a well fitting stone on top to cover the hole. It was our firecracker mortar, and we’d try to hit things on the lake with it. Hours of fun that would be frowned upon nowadays.

@immikeurnot 4 жыл бұрын

The sight on the front of the original shows a LOT of optimism.

@kwhp1507 3 жыл бұрын

Way too much optimism. I like to think it was some auto mechanic with zero experience built it lmao

@unfortunately_fortunate2000 3 жыл бұрын

yes and no, at this point they're so good at making them that they've got their machining processes and tolerances down to a T, and are finally capable of making accurate homemade weapon systems. though if you're gonna use sights, take some off of battlefield pickups of mortars from the army, but at that point you may as well just take the entire mortar/artillery piece and make the rounds for said cannons yourself, rather than the entire cannon plus the rounds. to each their own I suppose.

@davynhainstock7503 3 жыл бұрын

Probably put iiton there for fun as a joke

@Springfield530 3 жыл бұрын

@@kwhp1507 000

@tonyennis1787 Жыл бұрын

@@unfortunately_fortunate2000 You realize that the sight points up to the sky? What up there are you aiming at?

@ChucksSEADnDEAD 4 жыл бұрын

"You have just been Assaded."

@jlambuth 4 жыл бұрын

LOL That's pretty good

@Goldenchazz 4 жыл бұрын

Now I want some street tacos

@03_luutanbao11 4 жыл бұрын

Straight banging music tho

@adamchurvis1 4 жыл бұрын

Or :You got Bashar-rolled: "Never going to give you up, Never gonna let you down, Never gonna run around and desert you..."

@AKAtheA 4 жыл бұрын

except it was mostly the rebels using these...

@megan00b8 7 ай бұрын

I love how in the US you'll get in trouble for having too many rounds in your pistol mag, but can own a cannon or a mortar with no regulation...

@AussieStandsWithRussia 2 жыл бұрын

Gday lads. The most reliable and safe ignition is a Diesel engine glow plug mounted in the bottom. Using a standard car battery to heat it up. By placing a piece of painters tape over the bottom of the round and dropping the round down the tube the glow plug burns through the tape instantly and ignites the loose black powder. You can hang rounds all day Also if you want to get really fancy you can mount and outer sheath and weld it up water tight with a nut welded on the top. Fill her up full of water as a water jacket to prevent over heating and will handle any pre mature detonations. So I’ve heard

@Roach_Dogg_JR 3 жыл бұрын

I cant believe the crazy Texans also use meters, I'm so proud.

@yankeespanky6570 2 жыл бұрын

Military and Science in U.S. uses Metric. We have metric and imperial for a lot of our measurements in rulers, canisters etc. It's just that imperial is still standard in our hardware stores and in construction. Considering they were doing a military style type of test, with his military background, explains why he used meters in measuring the explosion radius.

@yankeespanky6570 2 жыл бұрын

as well as using Kilograms in measuring the weight of the explosive

2 жыл бұрын

It's a military thing. He's probably a veteran.

@fuckheinschitt239 2 жыл бұрын

@@yankeespanky6570 we use Imperial and metric here in the Philippines.

@yankeespanky6570 2 жыл бұрын

@Unsesquipedalian For us sure. For foreigners it isn't.

@mattienorml349 3 жыл бұрын

I grew up watching MacGyver, I know how to make a weapon out of a paperclip, some gum and an ak47..

@scooterdogg7580 3 жыл бұрын

and an AK47 lmfao good one

@IGD-974 3 жыл бұрын

Paperclip makes a good makeshift replacement for your trigger retainer pin

@mattienorml349 3 жыл бұрын

@@IGD-974 Ahh, I see you must have caught a few episodes of MacGyver too!

@georgiobenelli4854 3 жыл бұрын

Forgot the bakers twine and a penny..

@stefanmolnapor910 3 жыл бұрын

MacGyver/ hollywood was Anti Gun, he always thru the guns away after destroying them :(

@afrodrift2 2 жыл бұрын

The last explosion was so powerful it pulled debis towards it before pushing everything away!!!! Loved it you guys are so awesome

@Deathmittens1 10 ай бұрын

Well I guess now that I clicked on one of these I might as well watch more... Since I'm on the damn watchlist now.

@viggenguy4411 4 жыл бұрын

I've got a lotta hype for the potential to see some improvised rocket artillery

@jlambuth 4 жыл бұрын

We are working on that as well

@wanderingcalamity360 4 жыл бұрын

Fuck yes.

@melcknis 4 жыл бұрын

You mean katyusha

@RoarDaemon 3 жыл бұрын

Hobby rocket, tanner warhead with bullet as impact fuze

@Mr.Ut21 3 жыл бұрын

@@RoarDaemon a bullet wont set off an anfo bomb. It's very stable.

@themashedavenger5461 3 жыл бұрын

bought a tear to my eye hearing an amurican use metric. good channel ive just discovered you.

@MaxwellAerialPhotography 3 жыл бұрын

Most of these dudes are former military, and the US military has been using metric for decades.

@Irish381 3 жыл бұрын

@@MaxwellAerialPhotography the United States Military went metric in 1957, by an act of Congress and the Department of Defense.

@MaxwellAerialPhotography 3 жыл бұрын

Irish Luvr7745 interesting, I was under the assumption that they went metric in the 70’s or 80’s.

@user-jc2in3cp3g 2 жыл бұрын

@@Irish381 the whole country should go metric as-well

@Gunbudder 2 жыл бұрын

@@Irish381 yes and no. you still see imperial units all over the place with navigation stuff in the air force and navy. you will even find the unit Rankine, which hurts my brain. they are all metric with extra steps anyway so its not much difference

@jBigjohndoe1971 2 жыл бұрын

Great effort guys thanks, and great angles on the second launch.

@jeremyalexander1613 2 жыл бұрын

So happy I found this channel!

@Mongo63a 4 жыл бұрын

If I remember correctly, using a PVC pipe to load black powder is extremely dangerous. The PVC will build up a static charge very easily and set off the black powder in your face. Being in a dry environment makes it even more likely.

@skm9420 4 жыл бұрын

Yeah static and black powder are no good together.

@st2udent_650 4 жыл бұрын

Whats a good alternative ?

@aguslucero6699 4 жыл бұрын

@@st2udent_650 a jar made of glass?

@wanderingcalamity360 4 жыл бұрын

@@aguslucero6699 Time to put granny's collection of mason jars to use.

@1pcfred 4 жыл бұрын

@@st2udent_650 a metal tube.

@HeavyBirdPilot 3 жыл бұрын

The only time I've experienced mortar fire as I was a flyer, we were establishing a forward operating base later to become leather neck. I was a pilot in the C130-J adaptive super herc and on that flight were jato in forklifts and water purification systems. Mortars are terrifying. The birds were sitting ducks on landing, so we had to land empty and haul ass out of there as the insurgents put holes in the airframe within seconds of being in range. It was land, brake like hell, spin around dump the cargo seal up, spin up the props ignite the jatos and pray like hell as your guts get mangled while climbing to 20k within a minute and half.

@arkthefennecfox2366 2 жыл бұрын

sounds like a right nightmare

@MattH-wg7ou 2 жыл бұрын

Daaamn dude. I didnt know JATOs were still used operationally.

@HeavyBirdPilot 2 жыл бұрын

@@MattH-wg7ou this was about 9 years ago maybe even 10ish if that makes any difference. I'm out now but haven't heard about them being disused.

@scowler7200 2 жыл бұрын

Now THAT is terrifying...

@augustsmith9553 Жыл бұрын

Tyfys

@anthonymoody3112 3 ай бұрын

Sand Bags. or bury the front "bipods" or tack weld perforated strapping on the bipods and use some tent stakes to keep the mortar from moving so much. Drill pilot holes on the upper end of the "Bipod" stand/rods and use cotter pins to secure it to the tube. I'm only an 11b, so I think an 11C Mortarman could offer some better advise. All in all, This looked awesome. I made a 5 foot catapult for my kid 18 years ago and had some mixed results before I got it to work : ) This is true Dad stuff right here. Nice work.

@the_allamerican7057 2 жыл бұрын

If there were ever a zombie apocalypse these guys are covered 😂

@1MahaDas 3 жыл бұрын

When we were kids, about 10 or 11 years of age, my brother and I made a mortar out of three tin coke cans placed one on top of the other and held together with electrical tape. The top and ends of the first two cans we cut out. The third can we only cut out the top leaving the bottom of the shaft with its rear intact. We then bored a small hole at the end of the mortar to insert propellant which in this case was simple alcohol! As simple as it was, the mortar held together for several discharges using alcohol. The force of the blast was enough to send a tennis ball about 200 feet at about 80 mph! Not long after that, we attended a fourth of July party at which our Uncle provided live M-80's (Quarter sticks of dynamite). We took the M-80's home and decided to try them out in our home made mortar! Our first attempt using an M-80 was successful and in fact the tennis ball was propelled so high that we could not see it. When it landed on our street the tennis ball bounced an incredible 20 or 30 feet into the air. Our neighbor was observing our "blasting" and at his insistence we mounted the mortar onto the truck bed of his old truck to reduce the chance of injury in the event of an "accident!" We then reloaded the mortar with a 2nd M-80 and lit the alcohol fuse. And then "whamo", the mortar flew into a thousand pieces and the tennis ball only went 20 feet into the air. When we checked further, we found that the explosion blew a hole five inches wide into our neighbor's truck bed! In fact, my brother and I were very lucky that we didn't seriously hurt ourselves. Our uncle would have been arrested today if anything serious occured!

@ferrischemistry7879 3 жыл бұрын

Because 3 coke cans can hold that big of a combustion.

@1MahaDas 3 жыл бұрын

@@ferrischemistry7879 We should have used a solid pipe, but somehow we decided to use coke cans which at that time were still made of tin. But the change of propellant, alcohol to M-80, was what doomed our home made mortar! Coke cans aren't strong enough to survive the blast of dynamite!

@ferrischemistry7879 3 жыл бұрын

M-80s are not made from dynamite (you mean TNT, yes?)

@1MahaDas 3 жыл бұрын

@@ferrischemistry7879 No I was not aware of that!

@ferrischemistry7879 3 жыл бұрын

@@1MahaDas I was not aware that Coca-Cola cans were made from tin. TNT is Trinitrotoluene, by the way. You make it with Nitroglycerin and some other things.

@skuzlebut82 3 жыл бұрын

If I ever had him as an NCO, I'd be cracking Dumb and Dumber jokes at every formation.

@benjones4365 Жыл бұрын

9:13 I like the look on the cat's face. He's thinking "this is Not going to end well".

@lopikosmusic9354 Жыл бұрын

The cat is absolutely terrified at the amount of explosives you're stuffing in that round.

@pistilcp003 3 жыл бұрын

To the ATF and whom ever else it may concern, I was looking up civil war mortars and this popped up. Thanks.

@joekeil954 4 жыл бұрын

That projectile to bore fit is absolutely atrocious. You could have at least gave the round a thick band of duct tape to act as a gas seal. Awesome channel though. I love this shit.

@spazmonkey2131 4 жыл бұрын

I'd use nylon tape to reduce friction

@joekeil954 4 жыл бұрын

@@spazmonkey2131 A single use projectile like that would not really benefit from reduced friction. It might have 1 to 100 ft more range but it's not worth it really.

@spazmonkey2131 4 жыл бұрын

@@joekeil954 I just feel the duct tape would bind up too much, and nylon tape isn't too expensive

@joekeil954 4 жыл бұрын

@@spazmonkey2131 Duct tape doesn't bind up at all. I use it as a gas seal on projectiles for an Oxy-Acetylene cannon. I have a strong feeling nylon tape would fail due to a lack of adhesion strength. Plus you could always wax the gas seal for extra lubrication.

@spazmonkey2131 4 жыл бұрын

@@joekeil954 I guess I didn't give it enough credit, how many windings do you use per round?

@albertashford7245 11 ай бұрын

As an interesting side note- we used to take fence post drivers, build a really hot fire, set them driver side down in the fire and then chuck a can of beans down the tube- heat turns the liquid in the beans to steam that has nowhere to go. Called it a "cowboy cannon".

@jonnyjohn2321 Жыл бұрын

Kind of late to the party but here’s an idea for sourcing tanks: talk to a place that supplies medical gases like oxygen, those tanks expire after a few years and usually get scraped, an added bonus is the necks have a removable valve that uses a UNC thread pattern

@dtkuang5137 3 жыл бұрын

I love how the cat is watching you funnel an ungodly amount of black powder into a tank

@JasonHurricane 4 жыл бұрын

no one on the internet has tried the improvised shotgun mortars that che guevara used it would be interesting to see, i think your channel would be the best one to do it.

@OrdnanceLab 4 жыл бұрын

That’s a great idea. We found some info on it and will test it out. Thanks for the lead.

@Horseshoecrabwarrior 4 жыл бұрын

@@OrdnanceLab I've always had an interest in this, and it has non-military applications as naval line-throwing equipment, too.

@Leviathis_Krade 3 жыл бұрын

oh dear

@alfonzmuller294 3 жыл бұрын

i had the same idea apparently they seem way better dunno about the range tho

@floridafarmer1344 3 жыл бұрын

Ordnance Lab have you done it yet? (I just came across this video because of auto play. It’s the first one of yours I’ve seen, but I just hit subscribe!)

@vincentmueller3717 Жыл бұрын

I was an 81mm mortarman in the Marines(0341). Several years ago I purchased a Coehorn mortar from Hern iron works, 2.25" bore. I shoot the little tomato paste cans full of cement (2.125" dia), weight about 1/2lb. 70gr. of 1f sends a shell 100yds, end-over-end the whole way.

@Roman.Leave.Me.2.My.Circles 2 жыл бұрын

"This video is nothing more than a bunch of eccentrics down in Texas (what, you think people in Iowa do stuff like this?), amusing themselves with an unusual hobby of building explosive ordnance for entertainment purposes." the good people of Iowa acknowledge and respect Texas but from a safe distance as we take notes. God bless Texas

@bigdogbob845 3 жыл бұрын

I was hoping to see a large crater where the mortar round went off. Many, many, years ago a chemist buddy of mine made a good amount of high grade nitro-glycerin. We filled a 32 oz mayonnaise jar with the stuff and took it out to a very remote location. With an M-80 and a time delay fuse (a cigarette) we set it inside an old stack of large truck tires we found. We were over 200 yrds away when it went off and I swear it knocked all four of us on our Asses. It left a smoking crater in the ground about 12 ft across and 3 ft deep, Sooooooooooooo Awesome. I still don't hear so well out of my left ear. Worth It ! ! !

@Bananwaffles 3 жыл бұрын

I laughed way too hard at the time delay fuse. That’s amazing haha

@bigdogbob845 3 жыл бұрын

@@Bananwaffles , I'm so glad you liked our Improvisation. It works pretty well most of the time, just don't get impatient and step in for a closer look too soon.

@anonymousbosch9265 4 жыл бұрын

The IRA used fire extinguishers and a multi tube setup in a truck bed but I’d use paintball gas cylinders for sarcophagus strength

@adamosullivan5839 3 жыл бұрын

They did the same to both small and large propane/nitrogen style tanks, "Barrack Busters" they used to call them.

@hamueramikiarea6796 3 жыл бұрын

Come out ya black n tans come out and fight me like a man!

@tonyquigley8274 3 жыл бұрын

With a lot of success

@joestrummer4106 3 жыл бұрын

Tell em how the Ira made you run like hell away from the green and lovely lanes of killishandra

@anonymousbosch9265 3 жыл бұрын

John Hinkley Ireland is a very funny place, a strange and troubled land

@bullboo1 Жыл бұрын

Back in Panama my Infantry unit hosted and taught field expedient explosives, bobby traps and weapons plus combat tactics to visiting units from 18 of the central & south American countries ‎SOUTHCOM covered. We had fun doing and I did 6 yrs 91 -97 there.

@other-terrestriallifeform1851 2 жыл бұрын

"Honest officer,we was just making mashed potatoes,I swear to God..."

@geronimo6615 4 жыл бұрын

Looks like y’all need to invest in some wildland firefighting gear. It would definitely save y’all some time out there. Maybe a couple Indian packs and Fire swaters.

@libhranan 4 жыл бұрын

Definitely need some flappers and rakes.

@jlambuth 4 жыл бұрын

We def did. We are actually thinking of making a video where we actually set the range on fire with incendiary weapons then test our firefighting gear.

@TheCoffeehound 4 жыл бұрын

@@jlambuth Old farmer method: If you can find actual burlap grain sacks, they work really well when soaked in a bucket of water to beat the fire out on the leading edge of the burn.

@Gladiamdammit 3 жыл бұрын

@@jlambuth What an incredibly stupid idea. You'd best be prepared to fork out a pile of cash for the fine for starting a wild fire AND the cost of the fire services response to your inexcusable lack of preparedness for the consequences of your own irresponsibility. You guys are the most rank amateurs I've seen in a good while. You're not ten anymore and that isn't the old field down the lane. Keep up your antics if you want but for god's sake start making a range safety plan and sticking to it.

@dmacpher 3 жыл бұрын

Polaskis and piss cans

@AntiT42 4 жыл бұрын

I can respect that he did a little bit of research about what is going on in my country Thx man keep it up Respect ✊🏻

@tarek1195 3 жыл бұрын

And I'm here thinking that I'm the only Syrian here. Hope we can return eventually and have our lifes back 💙

@ameens.s 3 жыл бұрын

Let's make it a Gathering...brothers 👍🏻

@gm8507 2 жыл бұрын

@@tarek1195 can't mossad the assad

@gwalker607 2 жыл бұрын

The slow motion of the big projectile (5-kilo) you can see the dirt and debris be sucked into the vacuum that the explosion created. Super cool!!

@memberberries9813 2 жыл бұрын

As a european, I am still very delighted to hear you using the metric system instead of bananas for weight and elephants for distance :)

@worlore1651 2 жыл бұрын

Its called freedom units

@user-sn4fc7bc5j 2 жыл бұрын

Wait...we stopped doing that? 🤣

@JimmyEatDirt 2 жыл бұрын

If your pirates hadn't attacked Jefferson on the Atlantic we might use Kilos and Meters. Oh well

@dangler3472 2 жыл бұрын

Pretty sure everything the u.s. uses originally came from England.... In... Europe.... So excuse us for not following your latest fad. That being said. The metric system is way better.

@TheMonkeytrumpetz 4 жыл бұрын

When are we gonna get 80% mortar rounds?

@justanotherinternetexpert7743 4 жыл бұрын

Lmao!

@thatguyoverthere9634 4 жыл бұрын

Go to your local hardware store and find a small propane canister and there you go.

@germaxicus6670 4 жыл бұрын

I'll take 15

@TheRoland1014 4 жыл бұрын

I always had my suspicions that TXMGO was just /k/ turbo-austists. Now I know.

@loucypher1060 4 жыл бұрын

REEEEEEEEEEE!

@tiocybot 4 жыл бұрын

sorry for necropost but i have to ask... is that a FAMAS?

@ihadalife1177 4 жыл бұрын

@@tiocybot does that famas take Glock mags?

@unfortunately_fortunate2000 3 жыл бұрын

autists* what in the sam hell is a austists??

@clankplusm 3 жыл бұрын

Where mom serves kangaroo tendies

@addisonraeisfat2973 8 ай бұрын

i’m definitely on a watchlist now that i really think about the stuff i watch and look up lmfao

@LetsPrepTogether 4 жыл бұрын

Great content without political bs and solid information. Loved how you guys went as far as registering bottles for the Molotov video. Cheers

@anonymousandy2789 11 ай бұрын

You register them by getting them off the side of the road

@adamdeforest495 4 жыл бұрын

Hey Ordnance Lab, I love what you guys do. I'm a mortarman and I really enjoy blowing things up. Keep doing what you do.

@green_growz1997 2 жыл бұрын

Lmao bruh this title moved you up on that watchlist

@cuddlepaws4423 6 ай бұрын

That was really good. Very effective. Seemed very simplistic at first, but worked VERY well. Just goes to show you don't need 'POSH' munitions to get the job done.👍👍

@freshmeatpopsicle 3 жыл бұрын

15:22 i imagine every frenchman in history hearing "coop dee grah" and visibly cringing.

@PatTheRiot 3 жыл бұрын

So does every single special forces or anybody out there not a wannabe special forces everytime they say "insha allah". Massive cringe. These wannas need to stop playing.

@tehonionpotato6364 3 жыл бұрын

@@PatTheRiot what? How is "InshaAllah" a special forces thing?

@observeoutofthebox7806 2 жыл бұрын

@@tehonionpotato6364 he belongs to the latter it seems

@mace8873 4 жыл бұрын

Oh, so this is where Wile E. Coyote got his training, good to know.:-)

@Sinkorswim317 Ай бұрын

Bro this guy reminds me of Jim Carey so much 😂😂😂😂

@JustMe-gw3eo 2 жыл бұрын

You forgot to say "Don't try this at home kids"

@Shizbox 4 жыл бұрын

Could yall try making some improvised shaped charges strapped to a sugar rocket?

@isaac-vb1ng 4 жыл бұрын

So an rpg?

@Shizbox 4 жыл бұрын

@@isaac-vb1ng schhh, dont let the ATF hear

@isaac-vb1ng 4 жыл бұрын

@@Shizbox *FBI wants to know your location*

@m1a2abrams52 4 жыл бұрын

*FBI OPEN UP!*

@Reth_Hard 4 жыл бұрын

"Sugar rocket filled with explosives starts spinning randomly in our direction... Got lucky, I only lost one eye! XD" Could be the title of their next video.

@wolfbrave4866 4 жыл бұрын

9:13 Cat: What your doing human.

@jlambuth 4 жыл бұрын

I have a confession: the cat is orchestrating everything. His blood lust knows no end.

@ericferguson9989 4 жыл бұрын

@@jlambuth The people are just useful idiots.

@isaac-vb1ng 4 жыл бұрын

*cat calls the ATF*

@Biden_is_demented 4 жыл бұрын

I bet the cat knows that it is spelled *you´re* , and not *your* . Yes, i´m a grammar nazi.

@kruppcorp2359 4 жыл бұрын

@@Biden_is_demented It's "You're", you substitute human.

@fredford7642 2 жыл бұрын

Really great photography. My most sincere compliments!

@nitroxylictv 2 жыл бұрын

Well, hello ATF. You are probably watching me now, but just remember to think twice before coming to my house. I might have a few cannons and mortars waiting for you. :)

@derekirelandsirsmokepotalo1152 3 жыл бұрын

On a more serious note it's amazing and scary how easy it is to make a mortar and if you're not right in the head could cause alot of damage to innocent people and their belongings i.e home car and so on great work guys love the contents of your videos

@tinkeringclaws5559 4 жыл бұрын

Need a base plate for the mortar tube. Also prig launcher might a good thing to test, plus depending on how you build it it could be considered a blackpowder cannon.

@GoodVibes-xq4yi 3 жыл бұрын

Clearly a baseplate is not needed for this

@MrMrBiggles 3 жыл бұрын

In no way would a PRIG be considered a blackpowder cannon by the BATFE.

@tinkeringclaws5559 3 жыл бұрын

@@MrMrBiggles what do you mean? Im talking about the launching tube, not the projectile. Whats so different between a prig launcher and a cannon? Both use blackpowder and neither use a fixed ammunition.

@MrMrBiggles 2 жыл бұрын

@@tinkeringclaws5559 my apologies for the delayed response. The reason a PRIG would not be classified as a black powder cannon is that the bore diameter is greater than 1/2 inch, and that the means of ignition being a battery would place it into the destructive device category. Notice the means of ignition on black powder cannons is a fuse, because a mechanical ignition would require registering them as destructive devices. Now, I'm not a laywer, and this is my very limited understanding of the rules about this. Your mileage my vary. There is an outstanding young gentleman that has done a Panzerfaust, with the appropriate t's crossed and i's dotted, and wrote a book about it.

@tinkeringclaws5559 2 жыл бұрын

@@MrMrBiggles the prig launcher can use literally any ignition system. Use cannon fuse or hell you could even put the lock from a flintlock or cap and ball on it. Also most cannons have a bore over 1/2. I know the guy that wrote that book, he also has a youtube channel and is making a fliegerfaust.

@peymanrostami7753 11 ай бұрын

I really like the way he moves his hands at minute 1:36 when he says: "there were munitions everywhere" :) its like he thinks of that era in Iraq as a chocolate factory :)))

@macoppy6571 2 жыл бұрын

I am privileged to be served this video by the algorithm. I pray for the people of Syria that peace may come soon. The capability of these tools is impressive. Are there open source plans for defending against these sorts of munitions?

@RosinDaddy5280 2 жыл бұрын

Peace will come with ASSad dead He has killed 1 million of his own people And leveled the whole country with every weapon in his arsenal He has killed many of my family & the whole world continues to let him do whatever he wants

@69JuggaloMan69 3 жыл бұрын

9:12 You're teaching your cat how to mix explosives?! You madman, you'll doom us all!

@OrdnanceLab 3 жыл бұрын

Buddy is a trained professional.

@PotheadCowpoke 3 жыл бұрын

@@OrdnanceLab Demo-kitty!

@yourejustintim 3 жыл бұрын

Not just any cat, Grumpy cat....

@nightmarethunderfist 3 жыл бұрын

When I saw your hand tip away while you were holding the live, impact fuse equipped round, my heart jumped. It was most likely a larger weight than could've slipped easily from your hand in hindsight. As a word of love and concern for you and your work: I'm far from any professional, but I've seen a lot of complacent people get hurt in a split second.

@timcasey1428 2 жыл бұрын

1st rule of combat... Never think like a Syrian. Fantastic channel!

@ivanatomicbomb8557 2 жыл бұрын

According to my calculations, that explosive mortar flew to about 600 ft in altitude.

@gumshoemw 4 жыл бұрын

ESSAYONS!!!! Guys I've got to tell you how much fun it was for me to watch you guys "home brew" some field expedient explosives and weapons. I was a 12B in the US Army and had multiple tours in Iraq. I was part of the invasion force of 2003, and participated in a lot of the locate and destroy efforts during '03 after the "war time mission" was over. My Battalion (54th EN BN) were all over the Al Anbar province during that time. Now this was my first video I've watched from this channel BUT I guarantee, it will not be the last until I"ve caught up with the whole collection. Thanks for the visit down memory lane. Yeah I know what you showcased was very different from what I saw but its not too far off. Anyways as long as your count is always 20 at the end of the day keep the videos coming. Didnt mean to sound like a fan boy, but I really loved my time working around explosives and miss it very much. Nothing like the smell of cooking time fuse and real C4 (sorta like juicy fruit).

@luislongoria6621 4 жыл бұрын

LOL

@redcell9636 3 жыл бұрын

This video is incredibly education in the fact of what a crude simple explosive can do when a group is dedicated to doing something. It may not have had an incredible blast yield but that spell and shrapnel will cause a bad day for someone on the receiving end.

@yoshi0k262 2 жыл бұрын

i think the IRA hit a helicopter with one in the 90's

@KUSHxKiNG Жыл бұрын

Man I remember years ago me and a friend was tripping acid and watching war videos that the Syrian filmed and seen that cannon going off and could not stop laughing and watching it over and over again😂😂😂😂

@andyharpist2938 2 жыл бұрын

My elder brothers (13) made me hold a hollow bike handlebar and loaded it with a big lit firework. THey stuffed a cork in the end and told me to cover the hole in the other end with my thumb , and then ran off. THe cork went to the other end of the street and my thumb bent backwards to my wrist. We all declared it a complete success.

@dustinthewind357 3 жыл бұрын

Them: 'So for this video we made a homemade mortar which is actually not regulated here' Me: heck yeah brother. Gob bless America! Ha ha

@coymckenzie4903 2 жыл бұрын

Gob XD

@haydenemms6300 3 жыл бұрын

Yo if my FBI agent is seeing this, I was bored on a rainy day. Have no interest in joining this hahahahah

@barnowl1116 Жыл бұрын

Dear fbi: I looked this up out of curiosity. I am not going to build this. Have a nice day.

@scottsanchez2288 2 жыл бұрын

He laughed when he said they don't modify beyond a dremel and hammer. Real smooth

@flamecxbra6151 4 жыл бұрын

9:14 That Cat is very worried about being blown to bits.

@jlambuth 4 жыл бұрын

The cat is a major conspirator to this whole operation honestly. Buddy is wanted in several nations for war crimes.

@veterayt6800 3 жыл бұрын

Nah man 10:35 is the good stuff

@loucypher1060 4 жыл бұрын

Obligatory "Last time I was this early, my gf was really disappointed" comment.

@Tunkkis 4 жыл бұрын

This has been one of the least terrible iterations of this meme I've seen.

@jonyboy3338 2 жыл бұрын

Hi, I am late here, but you must stabilize the base of the mortar to keep the round straight. When you detonate the black powder, the cannon moves and change the trajectory of the round, hitting it with the upper part of the cannon itself. Good try, was very informative.

@foxtailedcritter 2 жыл бұрын

"We decided to make a weapon from Syria." **ATF and FBI has joined the chatroom.**

@sethmorton8539 4 жыл бұрын

Would you recommend this for deer hunting 😉

@luketanker6074 3 жыл бұрын

Yeah! It will be pre-cooked too!

@scrappydoo7887 3 жыл бұрын

That would Depend on how many you are hunting with a single shot lol

@myrealname2022 3 жыл бұрын

Absolutely, will kill, skin, and turn into ground venison all in one shot.

@jagx234 3 жыл бұрын

No religion here. Proceeds to "Insh'Allah" several times... ;)

@jagx234 2 жыл бұрын

@Idk tbh ngl that was my point, it would be the same comment of they had said Deus Vult instead.

@maxace1078 2 жыл бұрын

@Fascista Mexikaner piss off

@maxace1078 2 жыл бұрын

@Fascista Mexikaner stay losing

@samzuckerbraun3496 2 жыл бұрын

@First Last it just means hope

@ahtes2458 2 жыл бұрын

@@maxace1078 looking at Afghanistan it seems that America is the one losing.

@gunnyd9282 2 жыл бұрын

Try using an inverted metal funnel in the nose, bell to the front. Turns it into a shaped charge armor penetrator. A bunch of the earlier ordnance manuals jhave been declassified. Stay frosty!

@captaincritter1898 2 жыл бұрын

Thanks bro, super useful video. Love from Syria.

@thepensmith1 3 жыл бұрын

“We’re gonna try to find it inshallah”👀

@thepensmith1 3 жыл бұрын

@Politically Correct well it explains why he loves explosives so much

@prestonvandivier1379 4 жыл бұрын

i'm so glad you do this stuff so the rest of us wont get arrested trying it.

@kenny9512 3 жыл бұрын

@Pavel Manzhetov yep i want to figure out 90% of this shit

@PotheadCowpoke 3 жыл бұрын

I feel a big war brewing with the direction we're going so videos like these might be super helpful in the future.

@thelovertunisia 2 жыл бұрын

In Syria they are using Butane bottles that have a much thicker sidewall. What you have are camping bottles for Jetboil etc.

@phukjoebiden8237 2 жыл бұрын

Set the whole place on fire? Hell yeah 👍🏼👌🏼🤣

@bricolmane 4 жыл бұрын

0:47 means hell cannon, but it's written from left to right opposing to right to left which should be the correct way to write in arabic. Idk if ya'll even care but here ya go PS : correct way is مدفع الجحيم

@GTLandser 3 жыл бұрын

"midfa' al jaheem"

@GoodVibes-xq4yi 3 жыл бұрын

You really think Americans give a fuck?

@BacklTrack 3 жыл бұрын

@@GoodVibes-xq4yi I mean I do. Why would I want to look like a retard?

@lol5776 3 жыл бұрын

@@GoodVibes-xq4yi Maybe you don't, but I do.

@microcolonel 3 жыл бұрын

Thanks